Manual Drive Train Specialist

Build Your Future as a Manual Drive Train Specialist

The Manual Drive Train Specialist Certificate is designed to provide the student with entry-level employment skills needed in the area of automotive service and repair of manual transmissions, manual transaxles, clutch systems, drivelines, and differentials. Specific expected student learning outcomes are the following:

Identify and practice safe work habits when using tools and equipment in an automotive repair shop.

Employment of automotive service technicians and mechanics is projected to grow 6 percent from 2016 to 2026, about as fast as the average for all occupations.

The number of vehicles in use is expected to continue to rise. More entry-level service technicians will be needed to perform basic maintenance and repair, such as replacing brake pads and changing oil, on these vehicles. New technologies, however, such as electric vehicles, may limit future demand for automotive service technicians and mechanics because these vehicles will be more reliable and thus require less frequent maintenance and repair.

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Multiple programs at Fullerton College have been named as Strong Workforce Stars because they demonstrate the following outcomes, based on Strong Workforce Program LaunchBoard data:

1. An increase in earnings by 50% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16
2. Attainment of the regional living wage by 70% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16
3. 90%+ are employed in a job similar to their field of study, according to the CTE Outcomes Survey, for students who were last enrolled in 2014-15

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• Interior Design Assistant: 117% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
• Construction Management: 62% increase in earnings and 77% of students attained the regional living wage
• Accounting: 51% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study

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• Printing and Lithography: 53% increase in earnings
• Automotive Technology: 71% increase in earnings
• Horticulture: 104% increase in earnings
• Marketing and Distribution: 92% increase in earnings
• Real Estate: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
• Massage Therapy: 64% increase in earnings
• Cosmetology and Barbering: 84% increase in earnings
• Child Development-Early Care and Education: 100% of students are employed in a job similar totheir field of study
• Construction Crafts Technology: 58% increase in earnings
• Television (including combined TV-film-video): 68% increase in earnings
• Computer Information Systems: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
• Commercial Music: 52% increase in earnings
• Administration of Justice: 65% increase in earnings
• Fashion: 73% increase in earnings
• Paralegal: 63% increase in earnings

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Multiple programs at Fullerton College have been named as Strong Workforce Stars because they demonstrate the following outcomes, based on Strong Workforce Program LaunchBoard data:

1. An increase in earnings by 50% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16
2. Attainment of the regional living wage by 70% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16
3. 90%+ are employed in a job similar to their field of study, according to the CTE Outcomes Survey, for students who were last enrolled in 2014-15

BRONZE STARS

• Printing and Lithography: 53% increase in earnings
• Automotive Technology: 71% increase in earnings
• Horticulture: 104% increase in earnings
• Marketing and Distribution: 92% increase in earnings
• Real Estate: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
• Massage Therapy: 64% increase in earnings
• Cosmetology and Barbering: 84% increase in earnings
• Child Development-Early Care and Education: 100% of students are employed in a job similar totheir field of study
• Construction Crafts Technology: 58% increase in earnings
• Television (including combined TV-film-video): 68% increase in earnings
• Computer Information Systems: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
• Commercial Music: 52% increase in earnings
• Administration of Justice: 65% increase in earnings
• Fashion: 73% increase in earnings
• Paralegal: 63% increase in earnings

SILVER STARS

• Interior Design Assistant: 117% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study
• Construction Management: 62% increase in earnings and 77% of students attained the regional living wage
• Accounting: 51% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study